Could a pair of fashionable new reading glasses put the oomph back into your reading habits?
According to recent reports the nation is at risk of suffering from reader’s block. Our attention spans are being seriously damaged, some claim, by a screen culture that is all about delivering everything fast. From movies, to Facebook, email to Twitter, TV to computer games and Wii…how we communicate is changing, squeezing ideas into 146 characters for a tweet or status update. Books demand time and patience. So what could allure us back to the slow-pleasures of reading? How about a pair of fashionable reading glasses?
Are Reading Glasses Sexy?
Let’s face it, there’s something inherently sexy about someone wearing a pair of reading glasses. Reading glasses suggest a depth, intelligence and unique character – qualities that are harder to come by perhaps in our transparent, take-away culture. Someone who wears reading glasses suggests strength of character and conviction, a person who knows their own mind and takes time out from the herd. Perhaps in our homogenous culture where everything is broken down in easy digestible bite-size pieces, seeing someone with their nose in a classic book is beguiling.
The Right Glasses Frame for the Right Mind Frame
Although publishers launch a staggering 116,000 new titles a year, many people are complaining increasingly of reader’s block – a syndrome where the person finds it difficult to immerse themselves into a novel or sustain their patience or interest. Reader’s block tends to hit adults – even previously prolific readers – who suddenly feel they don’t have the time to read as the demands of family life or work take over. Sometimes making a concerted effort to invest in a beautiful pair of reading glasses can be enough to break the negative cycle. Just like wearing a pair of new jeans, if you love your reading glasses, you’ll look forward to wearing them. And the act of putting on your reading glasses can be a great mental boost to get you into the right frame of mind for reading.
Don’t be a Three Minute Culture Slave
Reader’s block has been defined by the online urban dictionary as ‘when you cannot, for the life of you, pick up a book and read it’. High profile victims have come forward saying they are slaves to the ‘three-minute culture’ making it impossible to pick up a book. For some however, not even a beautiful pair of reading glasses will make a difference. They simply get to a point in their lives where they want to live life rather than having their nose stuck in a book. But if you miss the allure of books, or fear you could be struggling with reader’s block, buying a new pair of reading glasses may give you the oomph you need.
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